TOURISM IN PERU ( WONDERFUL PLACES FROM PERU)
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The Dancer Upstairs $4.20 Marking an assured directorial debut for actor John Malkovich, The Dancer Upstairs is a tense, nerve-jangling political thriller that values adult storytelling and emotional depth over cheap thrills. It’s a challenge for those accustomed to the frantic pace of Hollywood thrillers, but attentive viewers will be richly rewarded by Malkovich’s slow-burn approach to the film’s terrorist plot, adapted … |
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The Celestine Prophecy $5.54 Find out for yourself why virtually everyone you know has this book, described as an “adventure in pursuit of a spiritual mystery”, on their coffee table. In the tradition of Carlos Castaneda’s The Teachings of Don Juan. … |
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Perennial Classics) $4.00 Thornton Wilder This beautiful new edition features unpublished notes for the novel and other illuminating documentary material, all of which is included in a new Afterword by Tappan Wilder. “On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipi-tated five travelers into the gulf below.” With this celebrated sentence Thornton Wilder begins “The Bridge of San Lui… |
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Bel Canto $5.99 In an unnamed South American country, a world-renowned soprano sings at a birthday party in honor of a visiting Japanese industrial titan. His hosts hope that Mr. Hosokawa can be persuaded to build a factory in their Third World backwater. Alas, in the opening sequence, just as the accompanist kisses the soprano, a ragtag band of 18 terrorists enters the vice-presidential mansion through the air c… |
